Electrically-operated brake.



GQRGE El, WEDSf/"RTH, OF CLEVELAND, 01H10, ASSEGNQR TO THE PEERLESS MOTOR:

CAR GMPN'Y, 0f@ CLEVELAND, O-, A CORPGEATEON OF OHO. e f

To all/"nimm 'may @neem v Be it 25net. l, GEORGE leane- Wonr-, e ci Een of the United. Sees., resifl- I flleelancl, inthe county of Cuyahoga le of @niet have invented e certain new and useful lm'proaement in lleeriefally- Gpei'alefl lralee, of Wliieli the following il les oeleetrleally -oper-A v and muelimoe easily than g ie the elle @relie is threen en er of? by bmifl @e i ,ie footof elle operator.

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ica ly eperaf'fecl remote controlled ueflnasecl brake rod movean electr lie., by Wlie neenl o @Ellen we will el ine epeeeine,

l ay be briefly summarized `wel ear nsons nen/led claims.

flmwings wherein modifi l a View smily eliagrammalic, eriibn 'nl a rcion brake. and. one

Fie'. '2 is similar View showv@nel lie eonrolling meebis a similar vien' showing Qeetion.

ce he fl@ deserved] or 10 adnplefgl le be a Sf ring ll7 o'l enea fenally empl 50 @perizie l this ease, brake is eden lle be e i ci er le i en, by means of revereifble 'io motor l5y which in this inmune is proyiflefl with erinetnee lie nn orpplssitely Wound le windings cl te be r any braking action een 'be have shown' ons of my invention FigaoW- brake operating and Cemrnlllng' elle invention aime lo provide l wif-erts which will beA .e epecllieeion and see rorli Femm-ee July ei i914.

Serial No. 765,034.

uilizecl When the motor is operated in one :direction lo apply the brake, or to increase braking action, and the other of which is adapted to be utilized when the motor is operated in` the reverseclireetion to release the brake or vto decrease braking' action.` The engaged by a' mit 14a on the end o-'tlie brake rod 14, which nut is'aflaped to travel along tbe shaftv to move the brake member 11 either into or ont o engagement` with the member 10. y

' In l.conn'ecfifm with die parts so far described, l employ a system by which tne motor. vcan be Controlled from a rem-otepoint, and byvwliicli a variable or gradual braking action can be obtained. This nontrol systeminclndes two switches 18 and 1,9, tlieforzner'of which 'iSacl-apted to be man-- 0nd of which is operaled by the motor itself.v The switch 1S4 includes a movable Switch member or arm 123a which is connected to one terminal of a battery 2O by a Conductor 21, end it includes also a seriesol Contact points er erminals 18h, overwvliicli the switchuarm er movable switch member 18a -is adapted lo be moved. The switch 19 in this case includes two series of contacts 19 and .19?J which are Connected by suit,- able conductors 2Q "to llie lterminale of switch 18, anflllie said switch 19 also includes a movable switch member including a nul IQC'Clapted.totravel back and forth along the threaded shaft 17, and Wo contants 19d and 19", the forme-r ofwhieb isl adapted to engage the series of cont-ants 19 :intl elle latter of which is adapted to engagel the series offce'nacis '19". t will be 0bserved that elle contents of each series 19 vand 19h are of graelueeefl, or successively varying lengilis,A be'eontacs of series 19u gradually decrneeing inflenggtla from 'the up-. permos lo al velenosi, and the contacte olr series :19b rally increasing in 'lengthlrnm the upberm-est lo the lowermost. "l Awill be ebsez'yeel also 'liat the uppermost or longest Contact'` of series 19 is connected by conductor El me one terminal of field winding; 15; elle next to the longest er #she Secondcontact 19e (wanting from the to l is conneceecl m'l'li'e'rst terminal el' switch 18, or

te hat fterifninal corresponding 'te ne 0 maillon el; eefnbeli erm 1.3811; @le hm@ e motor shaft is provided Willi two threaded extensions 16' and 17, the former of which 1s ually operated by tbeeperator, and the/sewv 19a andtheirst Contact 19 are connected to the second terminal ot' switch 1S; the fourth Contact 19n and the .second contact 19h are connected to the third terminal ot switch 1S; the fifth contact 1U and the third contact lll" are connected to the fourth terminal ot' switch 1H; thesixth contact lit and the fourth contact 1U" are connected to the fifth terminal ot: switch 18; lthe ti'fth contact 19b is connected to the .sixth and last terminal l.18",Land .the sixth and last contact ll i connected hv a conductor 2t to the lield winding 15b.' )is hefore stated, one terminal ot' the battery 2O is connected hy conductor 21 to the switch arm 18. The second tcr min-al ot' this hattet-.v is' connected conductor 25 lo one ot the brushes' ot the motor, and the other vhrush of the motor con-- nccted to both l'icld windingsl 15" and 15C.

lith the arrangment ahove descrihed. the operator not only controlsthe hrake operating motor from a remote point li'v a imple manipulation ol thv switch lhfhut he is en'ahled. to ohtaiu avariahlev braking action. yor a variahlv hralte rod movement'. ln Jfact. he. can select an): one of a series ot' hralte red movements, the numher inthe series depending: upon the i'uu'nher ot points or terminals in the switch 1H, Suppose, the operator desires a hralting action or a hralte rod movement corresponding to the movementy 'of the switch arm to the third terminal. .By a movement of the switch arm to this terminal, the motor is startedl in thv/clirectionto appl)Y the 'ln-alie. lhe hatterv'and motor circuit is as followsfrom the positive terminal ot the hattei- V 20: hy conduct-or 21 to'switch arm 1S, l'rom the third switch terminal 1S h v oneo'l the conductors 22. to the .third contact of ser-ies 151" o'l switch 19. hy movahle switch contact;4 19@ to tho sixth contact itl". hv conductor 2-1 to field winding lbg'thence through the ,armature ol the motor1 and h v conductor 2:3 lo the negative'side ot the hatterv.' 'l`l1e inotor continues to re- 'f volve and to move the lJra'lte rod until the lsaid yContact 191'.

mov-ahlecontact 1 9" rides oli' ol.t the third contact 19, counting trom the top` when the motor will stop, for the reason that the eircuit. is broken when the contact 15) leaves sires to release the brake entirely, the switch arm is moved to otl'. position.iu which event, the motor is immediatelv rotated in the reverse direction. and thv circuitis' now as ollowsz-t'rom the positive side. o't' .the 'hattery to the switch arni` trom the first terminal 1Sb hv conductor 22 to the second (countimgr from the top) contact 15) o't' switch 1f). hy a movahle contact 19 to thc lrst or uppermost contact lil` and thence by conductor 22S to field .u'indiingg- 15C; thence through the armature. and by conductor 25 to the negative side. otithe battery. 'lhe 'motor continues to revolve inl this direction 'it' the operator now ileuntil the. movable contact 19" passesbevond or ofi of said second contact 19a. or when the nut 19c and the contacts 10; and- .19r2 reach their previous and normal position. it will he understood also that the operator can in a similar manner, h i' moving the switch arm 1S hack and forth from one contact lterminal to another. either increase or decrease the braking action.

in Fig. Q. l have shown a moditication in the controlling mechanism liy'wh'ich `uhst'antially the same results ahove dcscriheil are ohtained hv somewhat simpler switching apparatus. in this case. the brake is the same als in the first instancegand as he tore. i use a reversible electric mot-or with thev two field windings which are ditl'erentiallv or oppositely wound. instead ot' two sepasingle switch which ma)V he designatedv as ,a whole h vthe reference character 30. This switch includes a manuali)v operahle member' ZlWwhich is provided with two rather lone' contact strips or m'emhers ltlb and 30C. which are insulated trom each other and are displaced in the direction inwhich the switch is to be moved, in such a waythat there is a slight space between their adjacent ends. Alsothese eontactsare' spaced apart laterally and a longr stz'itionarv contact Strip .or member 30d is between them. .\s in the til-st instance, the motor is provided with two threaded eXtt-atsionsl 1t? and 1T. the torl. mer ot' which engages a nut l-i on the hralte rod H. and as in the` first instanceA` the` threaded shaft extension 1T operates a movable switch mei'nher including a nut 31, and a movahle contact mcmher 31 which is carried h v said nut. AYorinallv. or when the .brake is otl': ASaid contact Ill lies hetween the adjacent. endsl ot' the` twocontacts- ISO" and v30. and thisl contactll is at all tinicsin eneae'ei'uent with the itatiouar-.vv contact lll. \\'hen the hrale is to he applied or released. `said' contact 3l is adapted to engage one or the other ot' the two contact strips fill" and --tl". it will he ohserved lthat one-of the hrushes ot' the motor is connected to'one side of the :,attcl'H and that the other suie or terminal ot' the battery is connected. to sta'L tionarv contactstrip 3H". lt will he oi)- served also that movaole contact strip 301 is connected by conductor ft2 to the tield vwindingr 15". and thaty movable contact st rip 530C is connected h v conductor iii lo thetield winding; 15". .`\orinall v. the parts ot the switch occupy the. positions' shown in Fig. 2. it" the operator desires to apply the hrake. the switch memhcr .'itl is moved to theright, (as tl: sas-,ie is viewed in lie. 2). a certain dist ce depending upon the amount ol'vhralnag action desired. The. motor is then started and continues to revolve, until the movable contact lila rides otil of the Contact 30", when the motor will stop.

wise relative to the shaft extension 35. this case, this is accomplishedgby providing on the end or" the shaft.' extension 35, a.

mousse' When the operator wishes 'to release the brake. either partially or wholly-,he will shift. the nioi'aole switch member to the lett,"

and the motor will immediately revolve in the reverse direction` and will continue to revolve in that direction until the Contact 311 rides ott' of the Contact strip 30C. lhen the brake is being released, vand the motor is being revolved in said reverse direction, current passes through the winding 15C, whereas when theniotor is rotating in the forward direction to apply the brake, current is passingA through the field winding" lt'iith this construction. the operator 15b. can obtain any desired brake rod increment',

and can cause the brake. to be appliedoi re-. leased as desired. and to any extent desired within theliniits of the apparatus. -@ne of of this arrangement 'over that irsi shown'is that the operator is not limited .to any predeterniinedv number or series of brake rod movements.

ln the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, there is shown a construction which possesses the advantages or" the prior constructions, but has the additional advantage that any desired braking act-ion,as distinguished from brake rod movement, can beobt'ained by movement of. the switch, regardless of any inequalities or wear on any of the parts of the brake. ln this case, the motor has av single shaft extension This extension rotates a threaded shaftl 3 6 which sconnected with the shaft extension 35 in a manner 'such that the .shaft- 36' may move endsquared portion which -its into a correspondingly shaped socket in the end of theshaft 36 in such a way that a sliding iit' is obtained. The shaft 36 'is' engaged by the nut 14a of the brake rod 14 which is connected to and operates the brake, as in the in- Vstances ErstA described, the same reference ,charactersv designating corresponding parts in Figs. l, i). and. 3, as far as the brake inechanisni is concerned.' Between a shoulder or enlargement 36rt of theshaft '36..anda fixedv of an intermediate stationarycontact strip 39d. The contact strip .39'D is connected by conductor t0 to the tield winding 15", and contact'strip 39C is connected bv conductor #li to the tield winding 15C. AThe positive brake'.

terminal ot' the battery is connected to the stationary contact stripfll. A. motor operated contact member 39e which coperaties with the contact strips 39h, 39, and 39d, is secured tov a sleeve 4() which loosely vsurrbu'nds the shaft 36 so as to. move backwardly and forwardly with the'shatt 36 but not toV turn therewith. In this instance, the

sleeve 40 is arranged between the spring:r 38

and roller bearings,.which engage a shoulder- 3G on the end of shaft 36. Inthis instance, the brake can beapplied or released by the movement of the switch member 39?', 'as in the construction'shown in Fig. 2, 'but a graduated braking act-ion always'coexten sive with the. amount or degree of move;- ment of switchmember 39a is here obtained, regardless of any. inequalities` or wear 'which may take place in any ofthe parts ofthe This will'be understood from the` 'fact thatthe lpressure. which is transmitted .by the brake rod to the linkl3 is equaled by the pressure which is stored in the spring 38,

and in the vevent that a certain braking ac tion is obtained initially with a movement of:

the switch arin' to a certain predetermined position, the same. Vbraking action will always be obtained by the movement of. thev switch arm tothe saine position, even though the parts may wear, for with this ,construetion, the position of theswitch does not determine'so muchthe amount lofbrake rod movement, as the degree of braking action, for with the switch moved to' a certain position, the motor will continue to operate in the direction to apply the brake until certain predetermined energy is stored in the spring, or -until alike aniountofvpres'sure is transmitted through the brakel rod to link 13, al-'V though the movement of the brake Arod re# quired" to accomplish this may be greater after the parts of the brake are worn somesusl what, or .after certain inequalities in the'- braking,l apparatus are created, than was the i case before such wear .or inequalities occurred. In other words, withr this arrangeincnt, the operator is assured, (assuming that the spring' does not weaken) that, by a movenient of the switch arm to a certain position,

'a certain predetermined braking action will be obtained and not merely a certainpredef terminedv brake rod movement.

In the drawings have shown one particu lar type of motor, but other .types may A be employed, and vin factv as far as certain tea# tures ot myinvention are'concerned,otlier than a rotary'motor may be utilized. Therefore in the appended claims, the word mirtor is used in its broad sense'. as covering any suitable 'motive means. i

Having-thus described my invention, what .l claim is:

i; in ombinaaonwaii a mdvabie brake member, a reversing electric motor vfor operating the vbrake member, saidinotor having two field eireuits,.and switching mechanism for cimtrolling the direction and .extent of .motor movement, Suid .su-'itching mechanism.

start ing,vstopping and the direction of move? fment ofthefmotor. comprising" a manually operable member for completing the circuit y through one or the other of seidfield wind'- ings, andv am'otor actuated member for controlling the extent of movement Aof, the motor in either-direction.- 3. In vcombination Vwith a movable brake member, motor for actuating'tbe same,

mechanism comprising a. manually operable element and a traveling motor actuated member, and means by which said member is caused to stop the motor when :i predeter mined brake pressureis reached.- .Intestimon'y whereof, I hereunto lix my signature i'n the-presence of two witnesses. GEORGE R. WADSWORTH.- Witnesses:

,A.,J. HUDSON', A. F. Kwrs.

-switching mechanismfor controlling the v 'starting and stopping of the motor, sel-idv 

